{"product_id":"sovereignty-without-power-liberia-in-the-age-of-empires-1822-1980-paperback-softback-9781009181099","title":"Sovereignty without Power; Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822–1980 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009181099","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSovereignty without Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiberia in the Age of Empires, 1822–1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReinterprets Liberia's economic history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to investigate the challenges and opportunities of sovereignty during the age of empires.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeigh A. Gardner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009181099, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a formidable, in-depth work that makes many contributions to our understanding of Liberia's political and economic history between 1820 and 1980, with implications for other nations' post-colonial trajectories.' Etienne Le Rossignol, LSE Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat did independence mean during the age of empires? How did independent governments balance different interests when they made policies about trade, money and access to foreign capital? Sovereignty without Power tells the story of Liberia, one of the few African countries to maintain independence through the colonial period. Established in 1822 as a colony for freed slaves from the United States, Liberia's history illustrates how the government's efforts to exercise its economic sovereignty and engage with the global economy shaped Liberia's economic and political development over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing together a wide range of archival sources, Leigh A. Gardner presents the first quantitative estimates of Liberian's economic performance and uses these to compare it to its colonized neighbors and other independent countries. Liberia's history anticipated challenges still faced by developing countries today, and offers a new perspective on the role of power and power relationships in shaping Africa's economic history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Reconstructing the fragments: Liberia's economic history, 1847-1980\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 2. Before the dragons came\u003cbr\u003e 3. Black Americans in West Africa\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Art of Survival: 4. Trade, globalization and sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e 5. From paper to gold \u003cbr\u003e 6. The costs of foreign capital\u003cbr\u003e 7. Financial controls and forced labor\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Sovereignty for Sale?: 8. An African marshall plan\u003cbr\u003e 9. Concessions and growth\u003cbr\u003e 10. Selling the flag\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sovereignty beyond the age of empires\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Data on Liberia's economic history\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Constructing Liberian GDP statistics\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Central government policies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Central government policies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Central%20government%20policies%20%5BJPQB%5D%22\"\u003eJPQB\u003c\/a\u003e], African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507280507160,"sku":"9781009181099","price":27.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009181099i.jpg?v=1786443466","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sovereignty-without-power-liberia-in-the-age-of-empires-1822-1980-paperback-softback-9781009181099","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}